It's the oddest match: Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough! But we became so close.

My first dance ever on 'Dancing With the Stars' was to 'Let's Hear it for the Boy.'

My go-to prebikini flat-ab move is the plank, all different types.

There is something so rewarding about dancing. It's almost spiritual - you let loose, you feel free, you get endorphins from the exercise.

There was a time when my mum would sew costumes for the dance studio so we could keep doing our classes because we couldn't afford them.

Well, I was in the generation of CDs, so when I moved to L.A., I think I probably brought my Shania Twain 'Come on Over' CD and that's about it.

Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies.

I knew if I stayed in London my whole life would be dancing. I'd won almost every major title you can. I thought 'This really isn't my passion. I really want to sing,' and I knew I wouldn't be able to if I stayed there.

I totally think there was a country hair phase. If you look at all the mullets, and Dolly Parton, and Reba's hair, Tim McGraw's hair, Blake Shelton's hair, they definitely had their moments.

I'm real, and that what you see is what you get with me. I want people to know that I'm just Julianne. I'm not somebody that needs to be put up on a pedestal.

It's very cool to be able to say that my first real film was 'Footloose' and my second film I got to star alongside Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Okay, I'll say I would go back in time and bring scientists with me and create a hairspray that would not cause global warming. But it would still give us '80s hair.

Sometimes if I have a big enough purse I'll bring my perfume or something. Right now I really like Beaute, it's by Johan B. and it's really nice, so I like that.

I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first.

I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.

I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, that's a total lie. I always think about what's in front of me.

I had a hard time with bullying. I ate lunch in the bathroom.

I'm so lucky that I have a great relationship.

A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously.

I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what's really important.